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The Endless Reconstruction and Modern Disasters: The Management of Urban Space Through an Earthquake – Messina, 1908–2018 de Domenica Farinella

The Endless Reconstruction and Modern Disasters: The Management of Urban Space Through an Earthquake – Messina, 1908–2018

Autor Domenica Farinella, Pietro Saitta
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 aug 2020
This is a study on the long-lasting consequences of a disastrous earthquake that hit the city of Messina, Sicily, in 1908. The quake killed about 86,000 people, and destroyed one of the most important portal cities of the Mediterranean. The book investigates both the forces that shaped that event and made it possible – firstly, urban speculation processes at the end of the nineteenth century – and the role of that occurrence in creating a complex event that, on the one hand, accelerated trends and tendencies that were already in motion; and, on the other, produced an entirely new social space based on social separation and the raise of a widespread marginal class. Such a class developed within urban borders and spaces that, over the decades, grew according to the same logic and directions that followed the reconstruction. Especially the shacks, still a visible presence in the city, represent the lieu of reproduction both of a class and the whole of the social relations stemming from the disaster.

It shows how key-concepts in contemporary scientific analysis, such as “shock economy” and “economy of disaster,” can be aptly backdated. Above all, this study broadens the normal analyses of disasters by showing the stratification of institutional techniques and economic forces that, over the decades, intervened and (re-)shaped the site of a disaster and its social structure.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030193638
ISBN-10: 3030193632
Pagini: 290
Ilustrații: XIII, 290 p. 22 illus., 12 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. Researching Disasters: Theories for a Case Study.- 3. History Seen Through the Slums: The Southern Question and the Current Crisis.- 4. Messina, From the Earthquake to the Present.- 5. Working and Dreaming at the Margins of the City.- 6. Formal and Informal Housing in Today's City.- 7. Messina Today: Representation, Identity, and Mobilization for Change.- 8. Conclusion.

Notă biografică

​Domenica Farinella, PhD, is a Lecturer in Economic Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Naples Federico II (2004) and has worked at the Universities of Naples and Cagliari as a researcher, and at ISPO-Tuscany Region as a fellow researcher.Pietro Saitta, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Urbino (2004) and has worked in many national and international university and research institutions, including the Cuny-Graduate Center, Columbia University, Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, and WHO.

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This book examines the long-lasting consequences of the Messina earthquake, a disaster that struck the city of Messina, Sicily, in 1908. The quake killed 86,000 people and destroyed one of the most important port cities in the Mediterranean. The authors argue that contemporary notions of “disaster economy” and “shock economy” are not specifically features of the present. On the contrary, the elements that characterize contemporary disaster-related speculative processes were largely active at the very beginning of the past century and helped the formation of the present. In addition to considering the historical significance of the earthquake, the authors pay particular attention to the impact of the earthquake on the structural victims of this enduring disaster: the members of the marginal class of people that emerged from the reconstruction. Through the biographical analysis of the inhabitants of shacks and projects, the study analyzes the intergenerational continuity of thesubaltern urban experience.

Domenica Farinella, PhD, is a Lecturer in Economic Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy.

Pietro Saitta, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Messina, Italy.

Caracteristici

Synthesizes the social, urban, and economic impacts of disaster Provides insights into the everyday life and the survival strategies of a population shaped by disaster over many decades Features excerpts from 85 in-depth interviews with members of informal settlements and housing projects